Meredith Andrews - The Invitation (2008) by Meredith Andrews (보컬) on maniadb.com

1. I’ve been searching,
Wandering and hurting,
Ashamed of the shape I’m in,
Afraid you’ll see who I really am.

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you invite me in.
Doesn’t matter where I’ve been.
Your arms are open wide.
There’s nothing left to hide.
(Holding me to your side)

2. How can this be.
A love so unfailing
Reached down and lifted me
From ashes to beauty

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[bridge] Now I am walking away
from the life I once knew
And running into your grace
It covers my shame again and again
I find my life in you

[chorus2] You invite us in.
Doesn’t matter where we’ve been.
Your arms are open wide.
There’s nothing left to hide.
(Holding us to your side.)

Your arms are open wide.

lift up you head.
lift up your eyes.

1. let us soar as the one draw near
to the one who meets us here.
let us all fall down before the god
who rescues us in.

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lift up your head
and throw off every chain.
lift up your eyes
to the one who doesn’t change.
lift up your hands,
their broken he will mend.
lift up your head.

2. let us all fix our gaze
on the offer of our faith
from what else we turn away
for the joy, that conquers shame.

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[bridge]
he is lover. he is redeemer.
he is father. he is friend.
he is our shelter. he is our healer.
he is the lifter of our heads.

1. I search for love
When the night came and it closed in.
I was alone,
but you found me where I was hiding.
and now I'll never ever be the same.
It was the sweetest voice that called my name. saying

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You're not alone for I am here.
let me wipe away your every fear.(tear)
My love I've never left your side.
I have seen you through the darkest night.
and I'm the one who's loved you all your life,
All of your life

2. You cry yourself to sleep
cause the hurt is real. and the pain cuts deep.
All hope seems lost
With heartache your closest friend and everyone else long gone
You've had to face the music on your own.
but there is a sweeter song that calls you home. saying

[bridge]
Faithful and true...
Forever.
For my love will carry you....

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1. It’s not what you do for me.
It’s not what you give to me.
It’s not about anything but you my king.
cause you are more beautiful
than anything in this world,
even more wonderful than any gift you bring

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my treasure is you, there’s no other.
my treasure is you, more than gold.
heaven and earth they have lost their lustre.
you alone are the treasure that I hold.

2. nothing can take away;
nothing can separate.
nothing can come between your heart and mine. cause you are my everything, the hope of eternity and you will forever be the love of my life

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[bridge] x2
your love is hidden in my heart
and my heart is hidden in your love.

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You don't want my perfection
All You ask of me
Is that I show up broken at Your feet
You don't want my religion
You are looking for devotion
That is more than just routine

So show me what it means

To take up my cross
And count it all as lost
All for the sake
Of knowing You
To love my enemies
And care for those in need
Show me what it means
To follow You

Have I become like the Pharisee?
Passing by the needy
While I'm speaking Jesus on my lips
Will I walk with You on raging seas?
Or will I turn away
When You want more than what I want to give

So show me what it means
What it means

To take up my cross
And count it all as lost
All for the sake
Of knowing You
To love my enemies
And care for those in need

Show me what it means
To follow You

To love as You love
And live as You lived
To never give up
On giving You my life
To love as You love
And live as You lived
To find out what it means
To be alive
To be alive

To take up my cross
And count it all as lost
All for the sake
Of knowing You
To love my enemies
And care for those in need
Show me what it means
To follow You

To take up my cross
And count it all as lost
All for the sake
Of knowing You
To love my enemies
And care for those in need
Show me what it means
To follow You

1. I've been wading in shallow water.
You're the ocean I am after
And I wanna go, oh, I wanna go with you.

Break the silence with your whisper.
Take my hand and pull me under.
Cause I wanna go, oh, I wanna go with you.
So

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Take me deeper, take me deeper
To where you are that I may find you.
Take me further, take me further
Than where I've been. I wanna be with You,
be with you, oh

2. Settling for what my eyes see
Help me believe, help me break free.
Cause I wanna go, oh, I wanna go with you.
Yeah.

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[bridge] x2
Take me through the desert places
For the chance to see Your face
and Take me past the breaking waves
Into the depth of Your embrace

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1. Everyone is broken and in need of a savior.
so He came and was broken
for the marker, for the shamed.
still our eyes are blinded by the culture, by the lies. we can’t see that we’re filthy,
we're fallen and so dry.

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But(and) He invites us. Can you hear Him say.
He invites us. hear Him call your name.

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welcome to the river.
come drink come away come find your very life. welcome to the river of God.
where your brokeness is washed away

2. everywhere is the sorrow and the pain of empty living.
you can see it, look in their eyes
all the hopelessness of the world.
but look closer He is right there
in the midst of every fear.
living water is the offer. restoration is the call..

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[bridge]
find your healing, find your freedom in the river of God.(x2)
your healing here. your freedom here in the river of God.(x2)

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1. You are the God who reconciles
the wayward heart through Christ.
The old has gone. the new has come.
We are reconciled by love.
We are reconciled by love.

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And this is the new song we sing
To the king of heaven.
This is the new song we bring
After all you’re given.
We stand before you redeemed As your children.
This is the new song we sing.

2. We who were once so far away
are brought near by Your blood.
The barrier has been destroyed
By Your grace we freely come.
by Your grace we freely come.

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[bridge]
We live in You. we live for you.
We live to you our king.
We stand in You. we stand for You.
We stand as your redeemed.

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1. The thoughts of You is baffling.
My mind can't wrap around You.
This human cup cannot contain
Heaven's glory flood.

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Who is like You, Lord?
Who was and is to come?
Forever worshiped and adored.
We pour our hearts out here before Your throne. This is for You alone, yeah.

2. The sight of You leaves me speechless.
One glimpse and I am undone.
This weight of glory stirs my soul.
And I fall face down.

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[bridge]
All I can say is holy.
All I can do is fall on my face and cry holy.
You are holy.

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1. For your nearness Lord I hunger.
For your nearness Lord I wait.
Hold me ever closer Father.
Such a love I can't escape.

For your nearness I am hoping.
For your nearness Lord I long.
Have no need of any other.
I have found where I belong.
Yes, I have found where I belong.

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So draw me nearer Lord.
Never let me go.
Closer to your heart.
Draw me nearer Lord.(x2)

2. In your nearness there is healing.
What was broken now made whole.
Restoration in it's fullness.
Lasting hope for all who come.

In your nearness I take shelter.
Where you are is where I'm home.
I have need of only one thing
To be here before your throne.
To be here before you throne.

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[bridge] x2
And keep me here, keep me here.
There's nowhere else I rather be.

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You're not alone -Meredith Andrews


I search for love, when the night came, and it closed in, I was
alone, but you found me, where I was hiding, and now I'll never
ever be same, it was the sweetest voice, that called my name
sayin

You're not alone, For I am here, let me wipe away your every
fear, My love I've never left your side, I have seen you through
the darkest night, And I'm the one that who's loved you all your
life, All of your life

You cry your self to sleep, cause the hurt is real, and the pain
cuts deep, all hope seems lost, with heart ache your closest
friend, and everyone else long gone, you've had to face the
music on your own, but there is a sweeter song that calls you
home, saying

You're not alone, For I am here, let me wipe away your every
tear, My love I've never left your side, I have seen you through
the darkest nights, And I'm the one who's love you all your life,
All your life

Faithful and true... Forever, For my love will carry you...

You're not alone, for I... I am here, let me wipe away your every
fear... Oh yeah, My love I've never left your side, I have seen
you through your darkest night,

Your darkest nights, And I'm the one that's loved you all your
life, All of your life